The Te of Piglet

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Taoist philosophy explained using examples from A A Milne s Winnie the Pooh. Free Read The Te of Piglet By Benjamin Hoff For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I only made it about half way through this book and that was a struggle I continued only because I had such fond memories of The Tao of Pooh In my opinion, this is not a worthy sequel All the sweetness and warmth of the first book, the Mile esque style of writing, is gone So, too, is much discussion of Taoism and even of Piglet, for that matter Rather, it seems a soapbox for the author s disillusionment disgust with Western culture Would have been mucheffective if he kept the focu I only made it about half way through this book and that was a struggle I continued only because I had such fond memories of The Tao of Pooh In my opinion, this is not a worthy sequel All the sweetness and warmth of the first book, the Mile esque style of writing, is gone So, ...The F n of Eeyore.One day I was walking through the bog, gazing wistfully at the muddy water, when I came across Eeyore in his den A lovely smell was coming out of the crumbling donkey shelter Hallo old friend What s cooking Hola, amigo Why this is just a simple zuppa verde Thistles and nettles from the b...After enjoying Benjamin Hoff s Tao of Pooh, with its delightful introduction of Taoist ideas using the classic A.A Milne characters, I approached the rather thicker Te of Piglet with gleeful anticipation Alas, if only the book were thinner.There are still the interactions, albeit somewhat less adorable, with the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood, but they are nearly suffocated by lengthy broadsides against all sorts of political targets, from anti Environmental Business to Technology, from Sci After enjoying Benjamin Hoff s Tao of Pooh, with its delightful introduction of Taoist ideas using the classic A.A Milne characters, I approached the rather thicker Te of Piglet with gleeful anticipation Alas, if only the book were thinner.There are still the interactions, albeit somewhat less adorable, with the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood, but they are nearly suffocated by lengthy broadsides against all sorts of political targets, from anti Environmental Business to Technology, from Scientists to Western Medicine And while I am not at all opposed to the notion of screeding to one s heart s content, the avalanche of Haughty Thoughts seems entirely out of place given both the first book and the greater Poohniverse.Of particular oddity was his railing against Grammar s whose great crime against humanity suggesting he or she or they them constructions rather than he as the default apparently results in the utter emasculation of Men and the Death of C...I wanted to like this book I remember enjoying The Tao of Pooh and I naturally figured this would be a companion piece in the same vein However, in the ten years that passed between that publication and this one, Benjamin Hoff seems to have grown into a grouchy, cantankerous old man decrying the youth of America and using this book as a soapbox for his own political rants that have naught to do with Taoism, Te, Piglet or Pooh.The book starts off fine, with some basic introductions of Taoism I wanted to like this book I remember enjoying The Tao of Pooh and I naturally figured this would be a companion piece in the same vein However, in the ten years that passed between that publication and this one, Benjamin Hoff seems to have grown into a grouchy, cantankerous old man decrying the youth of America and using this book as a soapbox for his own political rants that have naught to do with Taoism, Te, Piglet or Pooh.The book star...This is like night and day compared to the Tao of Pooh.Tao of Pooh alternated between scenes from Pooh and Hoff s explanation of what that meant in Taoist terms The Pooh scenes really helped illustrate what he was discussing The Te of Piglet consistsof exposition about the concept of Te and Taoism in general There s very little effort made to tie it back to Piglet and the other Pooh characters and quite a bit of political ranting.The few points he tried to make about Piglet he d already This is like night and day compared to the Tao of Pooh.Tao of Pooh alternated between scenes from Pooh and Hoff s explanation of what that meant in Taoist terms The Pooh scenes really helped illustrate what he was discussing The Te of Piglet consistsof exposition about the concept of Te and Taoism in general There s very little effort made to tie it back to Piglet ...At first I enjoyed it for what I was learning about Chinese philosophy But then he gets very political about current events in 1992, which, while also being outdated now, are not as relevant to the timeless themes he is discussing as he would think He gets on his soapbox about his personal views, which I also see as off target and an annoyance I wanted to read about Te and it s relationship to Piglet, not on how he feels all the past presidents have overlooked environmental protection Actua At first I enjoyed it for what I was learning about Chinese philosophy But then he gets very political about current events in 1992, which, while also being outdated now, are not as relevant to the timeless themes he is discussing as he would think He gets on his soapbox about his personal views, which I also see as off target and an annoyance I wanted to read about Te and it s relationship to Piglet, not on how he feels all the past presidents have overlooked environmental protection Actually, if he simply mentioned that it wouldn t be so bad But he gets on such a strong winded tangent with the details that no one, over 10 years later...2.5 starsI don t know, this sequel just didn t do it for me I loved the first book, absolutely loved it, but this one seemedlacking somehow.This book is about 100 pages, give or take, larger than the first book on the subject matter by Hoff, The Tao of Pooh While explaining the principles of Taoism through stories from A.A Milne and crafting new dialogue for the characters still works, it is far less a part of this book than the previous In fact, this book tends to go off into explanation farthan crafting examples using the character.But the single unforgivable part of this book is the large amount of soap box talk the auth This book is about 100 pages, give or take, larger than the first book on the subject matter by Hoff, The Tao of Pooh While explaining the principles of Taoism through stories from A.A Milne and crafting new dialogue for the characters still works, it is far less a part of this book than the previous In fact, this book tends to go off into explanation farthan crafting examples using the character.But the single unforgivable part of this book is the large amount of soap box talk the author throws in to the book He has a clear stance on government and social issues going on at the time of his writing the book and he uses points between talking over principles towell rage on about them.Oh, and he basically claims a doomsday is coming.The Tao of Pooh was a delightful introduction into the tenets of Taoism using timeless characters This book takes ...After reading this book, I cannot look back at The Tao of Pooh without thinking of Pooh an unthinking dimwit The author, Hoff, tries to explain living with virtue and in harmony with the natural world orTeHoff, does a good job of using previously written works to illustrate his points, but comes short when using Milne s characters In fact as the book went on, I began to dislike the character of little Piglet.My major gripe with this book is that Ben Hoff decided to pull out his soapbox and After reading this book, ...The book is supposed to demonstrate how Piglet in the original A.A Milne writings personified Te, or Virtue in Action To illustrate this the author wrote a bunch of new situations for Piglet Which defeats the entire purpose, since it forces Piglet into the mold for the philosophy instead of showing how he already conforms to it.The author also spends a lot of time explaining how the world is in poor shape due to the Eeyores who complain about how the world is doomed instead of seeing thin The book is supposed to demonstrate how Piglet in the original A.A Milne writings personified Te, or Virtue in Action To illustrate this the author wrote a bunch of new situations for Piglet Which defeats the entire purpose, since it forces Piglet into the mold for the philosophy instead of showing how he already conforms to it.The author also spends a lot of time explaining how the world is in poor shape due to the Eeyores who complain about how the world is doomed instead of seeing things as they really are.He then writes a...

The Te of Piglet
  • English
  • 16 September 2018
  • Paperback
  • 257 pages
  • 1405204273
  • Benjamin Hoff
  • The Te of Piglet